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Jun 26, 2016 2:13 AM
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I didn't personally grow up anywhere near a school that enforced uniforms so my only knowledge on the subject is from anime and talking to people online. I've heard somewhere that skirts for uniforms will be offered in several different lengths since different girls will have different tastes, but I can't find any information about this online. In anime often the girls will wear what appear to be different length skirts, but supposedly there's a problem with girls folding their skirts to make them look shorter so this wouldn't need to be the case. There are some anime like Anne Happy and Saki where most girls have short skirts and a few have longer ones and I'm not sure exactly how this is supposed to reflect real life. I've also seen some anime like Railgun and Aikatsu! where characters either complain about or work around the fact that the skirt in their uniform is so short, meaning that at least in some cases it is only one size (I don't think the one size would be quite that short in real life, though).

Did you have to wear a uniform to school or have a strict dress code? If so, did any of the students try to work around it? Were there multiple versions of the uniform for each gender? Do you think shorter skirts are more attractive? How accurate/inaccurate do you think anime uniforms are? Given the title you can also feel free to talk about magic skirts and the like.

For visual reference here are the anime I talked about in order:

For comparison, here's some pictures of real Japanese uniforms:
zombie_pegasusJun 26, 2016 9:36 AM
Jun 26, 2016 2:23 AM
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It really depends on the school. Some might have one fixed length, while others would say that it has to be within a certain range of lengths, either in actual figures or compared to certain parts of the leg of the person in question. This could be in the form of a "minimum length" which would potentially allow for both short and long skirts to be worn.
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Jun 26, 2016 2:33 AM
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My school enforced uniforms (moving into 6th form so uniform is now irrelevant at my school) and I do believe they allowed any length skirt as long as it is longer than a set number
Jun 26, 2016 2:36 AM
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At my school we have to wear a specific type of skirt created for the school. The length is proportional to the waist size so they're pretty much all the same length
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Jun 26, 2016 2:40 AM
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My junior high school forced uniforms. No, normal skirts aren't like anime skirts. It's not that easy to see panties with those.
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Jun 26, 2016 2:49 AM
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from my expeirence, coming from a school that enforces uniforms.

most schools allow you to tailor your own skirt (aslong as it is the same colour as the school colour uniform).

the school-made uniforms were knee length skirts, i didnt like them, so i went and tailored my own skirt , it matched the schools uniform colour so it's okay to use.

the shirt remains the same for the most part since shirts are the easiest to be adjusted in only size, though i preferred mines long sleeved so i went and tailored it to be longer till my hands cuz i preferred it that way.

in other words, YES you can have differnet type of uniform styles as long as it matches the schools uniform colour code and has its logo, this isnt something only in the anime.
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Jun 26, 2016 4:13 AM
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Thought there were gonna be pictures for referencing. Disappointing OP.
Jun 26, 2016 4:26 AM
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In my school the girls wore skirts. But nothing so short that you could get a panty shot.

I'm talking knee-low grey skirts here.
Jun 26, 2016 4:33 AM

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I came here expecting sexy pictures......


I am disappoint.
Jun 26, 2016 5:29 AM

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I never went to a school with uniforms, but I knew people who did and they only had one option for skirt length.
Although I remmener hearing that people pulling their skirts up to make them shorter was a problem at some schools. Idk if that's still true though.
Jun 26, 2016 6:03 AM

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Skirts in our school are knee-length, so ya ain't seein' no pantsu shot.

How I see it:
Anime skirts - mostly very short (to the point of being a miniskirt) but there are exceptions
Real skirts - longer and I guess more comfortable? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Jun 26, 2016 7:00 AM

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I don't have enough knowledge of this but according to what I've heard, only the 'cool kids' fold their skirts around the waist.
Jun 26, 2016 8:25 AM

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There is a private school neighboring my high school and their skirts are rather short. Some go to the knees and some only to mid-thigh, always nice to see. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Jun 26, 2016 8:29 AM

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ziggy_Z said:
Thought there were gonna be pictures for referencing. Disappointing OP.
GoldenKappa said:
I came here expecting sexy pictures......


I am disappoint.
Im in the same boat. Bless us with some pics OP
Jun 26, 2016 8:46 AM
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ziggy_Z said:
Thought there were gonna be pictures for referencing. Disappointing OP.

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I've got your back, brother!

I had to wear this ugly mofo in primary school:

And the worst part is that the guys didn't have to wear any uniform.
And didn't have to wear another uniform until senior highschool when my school went "We need uniform right naw!!" because all the other kool, elite schools had one and we didn't. I think most students tried to work a way around it and only bought the blazer (full uniform was blazer, vest, pants fo guys and skirts for girls, which were all expensive as fuck). Some of them didn't even buy that and a year after that it became mandatory to wear them and teachers would ask the lesson only the kids without a uniform (stupid I know) and we also couldn't enter the schoolgrounds before classes without our uniform and tag (or whatever it's called) so my last year of highscool was a constant battle to keep my uniform from being stollen. Also you couldn't wash that shit very often, the fabric was shoddy and would discolour, it was just awful, I sold my uniform as soon as I finished highschool.
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Jun 26, 2016 9:09 AM

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OP, did you just compare perfect 2D with 3DPD?

Please take it back.
Jun 26, 2016 5:31 PM

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I added some pictures if that helps anyone.
Jun 26, 2016 5:49 PM
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What a beautiful thread this is.

What came to my mind was Makoto Kino's seemingly longer middle school uniform which had a skirt that was longer than the Juban middle school's uniform from Sailor Moon that the other Sailor Guardians wore. I'm no expert on the matter *Adjusts glasses* but I'd suspect that it boils down to the dress codes per schooling system, and what is considered appropriate to kawaii by the school board of that respective school-district.

If I'm not mistaken, my beloved Tomo-chan also wears a longer skirt as opposed to the other female students in her school, so upon that stance *readjusts glasses again* I'd say that it's upon that preference of individuality. Tomoko Kuroki seems to be the type of female character who would not seem all that confident in her overall sex-appeal, so showing less skin around her school peers would, once again, be her preference of choice.
Jun 26, 2016 5:51 PM

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Taiwanese schoolgirl skirts are a bit shorter than Japanese ones and it often seems that many anime adopt a similar style to those. Some schoolgirl outfits in both real life and anime are a full dress as well.


Jun 26, 2016 6:26 PM

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zombie_pegasus said:
I added some pictures if that helps anyone.

2D still win.

I mean sure...school girl outfits are great, and probably the #1 choice for sexy cosplayers...

personally, my favorite school girl outfit is this:



^I like it because it's pretty unique...

Most school girl outfits are red or blue...the purple and violet combination on this is so nice.
Jun 27, 2016 12:49 AM
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I attended a private school in elementary and briefly in middle
skirts were max a credit card length above the knee
standard plaid pattern, crisp white shirt, saddle shoes that were uncomfortable as f at first but later wore down to the point where the soles literally detached

quite frankly it was nothing special, we weren't allowed much customization because it was a church-ish school, unless mommy and daddy had enough money to pay off the school not to care (and mine certainly didn't, that place's fees made them go belly up in debt)
Jun 27, 2016 2:15 AM

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I had to wear school uniform for 10 years from primary to secondary school. They were plain, boring, and shapeless. The dress code was strict. Skirts have to be knee-length and that was just one of the many things teachers look out for during random spot checks. It was common for girls to get their skirts altered or roll it up at the waist to make it shorter.

I read this article on the various Japanese school uniforms and accessories before (link)
They are all so cute, I'm envious >_>
Jun 27, 2016 2:41 AM
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Uniform was a few sizes larger than it needed to be, mainly cause you will grow in to it.
And your family were poor so they weren't going to keep buying you a new one just cause you grew, Uniforms are expensive.

And if you had siblings you get hand me downs.

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